You can become one automatically after completing the corresponding assessment, and you don’t need to join.

"Industrial Preferred" merchant selection and replacement rules:

Merchant application scope: All Integrity Pass members, powerful merchants, industrial brands and super factories under the 1688 industrial products industry, including the following first-level categories: machinery and industry equipment/packaging/chemical/electrical and electrical/hardware, tools/safety, protection/rubber and plastics/electronic components/textiles, leather/instruments/steel/metallurgy and minerals/building materials/processing/machine tools/media, radio and television/agriculture/printing/environmental protection/transportation/communication products/energy/second-hand equipment transfer.

Basic indicators: Wangpu score ≥ 80 points; and five-star OFFER ≥ 10.

Service indicators: Merchant Wangwang response rate of 3 minutes in the past 30 days ≥ 60%.

Pallet indicators: ≥5 products selected by industrial experts or ≥5 genuine brand products;

If all the above indicators are met at the same time, the merchant will automatically become an "Industrial Preferred" merchant, and the data will be updated daily and take effect on T+1.

The platform will clear out merchants that do not meet the "Industrial Preferred" merchant standards on the 8th of each natural month. After the clearance, if the merchant meets the standards of the Industrial Preferred merchant again, the "Industrial Preferred" merchant status will be automatically updated on the second natural day.

If the merchant has one or more of the following circumstances, the 1688 platform has the right to immediately remove its "Industrial Preferred" status:

7.1 The 1688 platform account is restricted or closed due to violations of laws and regulations;

7.2 The cumulative points deducted for violations this year exceed 36 points;

7.3 There are other serious violations of the "Alibaba China Site Rules".